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Using Your Digital Data Storage (DDS) Tape Drive
Operating the DDS Tape Drive
Restoring Files from a Data Cassette to Your System
Use the following instructions to restore files from a data cassette to your
system:
1
Load the data cassette into the tape drive.
2
In a terminal window, use cd to change to the directory you want the files to reside
in.
3
Enter the following command line to restore data:
tar -xvf /dev/rmt/devicefile pathname
where devicefile is one of the device files listed from sam and pathname is the
pathname of the file or directory containing files that you want to restore from
the tape. If pathname is not specified, everything on the data cassette is restored.
If the tape was made using data compression, use one of the device file names
that sam listed as supporting compression.
Listing the Files on a Data Cassette
Use the following instructions to list the files on a data cassette:
1
Load the data cassette into the tape drive.
2
In a terminal window, enter the following command line to receive a file listing
of the data cassette:
tar -tvf /dev/rmt/devicefile
where devicefile is one of the device files listed from sam. If the tape was made
with data compression, use one of the device file names that sam listed as sup-
porting compression.
Summary of Contents for B132L+
Page 15: ...1 Preface ...
Page 20: ...6 ...
Page 21: ...7 1 System Overview ...
Page 40: ...26 System Overview Networking Overview ...
Page 41: ...27 2 Using Your CD ROM Drive ...
Page 60: ...46 Using Your CD ROM Drive Troubleshooting ...
Page 61: ...47 3 Using Your Digital Data Storage DDS Tape Drive ...
Page 77: ...63 4 Using Your 3 5 Inch Floppy Disk Drive ...
Page 89: ...75 5 Solving Problems ...
Page 105: ...91 A Safety and Regulatory Statements ...
Page 107: ...93 Safety and Regulatory Statements Declaration of Conformity 1 Declaration of Conformity 1 ...
Page 108: ...94 Safety and Regulatory Statements Declaration of Conformity 2 Declaration of Conformity 2 ...
Page 111: ...97 Safety and Regulatory Statements Emissions Regulations VCCI Class 2 ITE ...
Page 117: ...103 Safety and Regulatory Statements Warnings and Cautions Warnings and Cautions ...
Page 118: ...104 Safety and Regulatory Statements Warnings and Cautions ...
Page 119: ...105 B Changing Your Workstation s Hardware Configuration ...
Page 184: ...170 Changing Your Workstation s Hardware Configuration Changing Your Monitor Type ...
Page 185: ...171 C SCSI Connections ...
Page 206: ...192 SCSI Connections Connecting to the SCSI Ports ...
Page 207: ...193 D The Boot Console Interface ...
Page 240: ...226 The Boot Console Interface Displaying PIM Information ...
Page 252: ...238 Glossary ...